BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 12, 2021
Nature is filled with soothing and healing properties if you know where to look. White pine trees, for instance, boast various elements that are packed with vitamin C perfect for tackling coughs and colds. Even if you are not an herbalist, it is easy to make a white pine tea, syrup or drinking vinegar. The needles, twigs and bark can all be used to make white pine teas, syrups and other products. Before you take plant material, make sure you have permission to do so. Allie Armstrong, herbalist and functional medicine coach in Freeport, said that you can use the inner layer of bark for herbal remedies, but she only ever harvests from recently fallen limbs and not from the living tree.